Design
Cult Rooms
For Osaka’s extravagant 1970 Expo, Isamu Noguchi created a propulsive centerpiece that married Japanese and Western traditions.
Meet the Makers: Julius Arthur
In partnership with Toast, we meet the House of Quinn founder who swapped menswear for quilt making.
Charlotte Rey
In partnership with Bang & Olufsen, we meet the design consultant bringing her “more is more” philosophy to London’s interiors.
Meet the Makers: Nicholas Shurey
In partnership with Toast, we meet a Copenhagen-based woodworker carving functional objects into tactile sculptures.
Meet the Makers: Takahashi McGil
In partnership with Toast, we meet the couple blending Japanese and Western woodwork techniques to create naturally beautiful homeware.
Tariq Dixon
In partnership with Bang & Olufsen, we visit the welcoming Brooklyn home of a flea market connoisseur turned designer.
Home Tour: E-1027
Inside the French Riviera villa that Eileen Gray built, Le Corbusier “vandalized”—and history almost forgot.
The Chain Reaction
Inspired by the overcomplicated machines of Rube Goldberg, follow the trail to watch a flower—finally—get watered.
Cult Rooms: Kenzo Tange
Kenzo Tange fired up one of the 20th century’s most ambitious architectural movements—but he kept his own home simple.
The History of Utopia
Is utopian architecture a doomed quest to build human progress with bricks and mortar?
Archive: Charlotte Perriand
On the architect who understood that modernism was much more than an aesthetic movement.
Tales of Tableau
Meet the florist who chooses to showcase his designs in industrial air vents rather than vases.
Maison de Verre
A cubist tableau. A light show. A maverick of modernism. Hugo Macdonald explores a Parisian masterpiece.
Cult Rooms: Kew Gardens
Built like a boat, a Kew Gardens greenhouse where marooned palms flourish.
Studio Oliver Gustav
A tranquil design showroom that doubles as a studio in Copenhagen’s Østerbro neighborhood.
Mujo Objects
Two friends with a knack for finding beautiful objects share their treasure.
Case Design
In Mumbai, a team of international architects have found a way of alchemizing the city’s chaotic spirit into crisp designs.